Sugar Grove man pleads guilty to child porn charges

6:25 AM,
Apr. 23, 2013

Mark E. Hughes makes a statement to the court during his sentencing hearing Monday in Fairfield County Common Pleas Court. Hughes was sentenced to 24 years in prison, 20 of which were suspended in lieu of five years of community control, and was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and court costs and register as a Tier II sex offender.

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Francesca Sacco
The Eagle-Gazette Staff

A Sugar Grove man had four years of a longer prison sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty in the Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas to 21 charges involving child pornography.

Mark E. Hughes, 57, was sentenced to 24 years in prison Monday. As a part of a negotiated plea agreement, 20 of the 24 years were suspended in lieu of five years of community control. Hughes also was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and court costs and register as a Tier II sex offender.

Hughes pleaded guilty in March to eight counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, four second-degree felonies and ...